55% of CEOs Struggle. The Real Problem: No One to Tell.
A Fortune 500 CEO I coached scheduled our calls for 6 AM. It was the only hour when he wasn't performing. 55% of CEOs experienced mental health issues last year, and half report significant loneliness. The structure of leadership creates the struggle.
Why Fractional Work Is Risk Mitigation, Not Career Regression
The question came during a one-on-one with a VP of Engineering who'd spent 15 years at Google. "If I go fractional, doesn't that signal I couldn't make it work full-time?"
The Hidden Pattern in Career Transitions: Why High Performers Struggle Most
The client sitting across from me had built an extraordinary career. VP at a Fortune 500 tech company. Led teams through three successful acquisitions. And she was completely frozen trying to figure out what came next.
Why your Sunday dread matters
How to find (and solve) the real problem
Olympic Athletes Retire After Peak Performance: The Body Rebels Before the Mind Understands Why
When Olympic athletes retire at their peak, they're honoring what their bodies know before their minds can articulate it: the current container no longer fits who they're becoming.
I’ve been reading your replies
You’re asking the right questions
What the Research Says About Leaving Who You Were: The Psychology of Professional Identity Transitions
Your title no longer fits. The professional identity you spent years building feels like a costume you're tired of wearing. Research shows these transitions require fundamental identity reconstruction, and the pattern is predictable.
The question nobody asks at thresholds
What to ask instead of “what’s next?”
20 years of pattern recognition
Your work of greatest value is always hidden in plain sight.
The difference between change and evolution
Here's how to tell which you're in.
Twenty years of watching people cross.
The pattern I finally recognized.
When You've Outgrown the Container: Why Growth Means Letting Go
Sometimes the container that got you here is holding you back. You know the feeling. A situation that used to energize you now leaves you drained.
